Bertha Katarina (Deturk) Keim (abt. 1688 - abt. 1731)

Born about 1688 in Frankenthal, Kurfürstentum Pfalz, Heiliges Römisches Reich

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Died about 1731 at about age 43 in Oley, Berks County, Pennsylvania

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Biography

Katarina (Deturk) Keim has German Roots.

There is no original documentation, but many sources list the first wife of Johannes Keim as the sister of Isaac DeTurk. Most sources name her as Katarina; one lists her as Bertha. Two non-primary sources are quoted in "The Family 1 of Ada RoseComer," by Ida DeMay Wilson, 1985, St. Helena, CA, as saying that Johannes' first wife was Katarina DeTurck.

American Ancestry: Giving the Name and Descent, in the Male line, of the Americans Whose Ancestors settled in the United States Previous to the Declaration of Independence, Vol. VII, published 1893, page 222, claims Johannes Keim's first wife was Bertha deTurk, sister of Isaac deTurk.

It should be noted that the church records found in Europe for Isaac DeTurk's siblings show neither a Katarina nor a Bertha. However, Johannes' first wife, regardless of who she was, was likely born about five years after those church records end. Because of secondary sources, and because it seems to fit, it is assumed Johannes' first wife was a sibling of Isaac deTurk.

All Johann's children were born on the Manatawny creek, near its head waters, afterwards known as Oley, in Philadelphia, now Berks county, about one-half mile from the present village of Pleasantville., approaching Lobachsville, at that time the frontier side of the Oley Hills and 15 miles southeast of the present city of Reading, PA.

“Katarina DeTurk (b. abt 1688, probably in France, d. 1731 in Oley Township, Berks Co, PA) m. Johannes KEIM (b. 1675 d. 1753), a Huguenot and early immigrant to the Oley Valley.”

Burial

Katarina was buried in Schneider Family Cemetery in Oley, Pennsylvania ^[1]Find A Grave: Memorial #95887348

Sources

1. ↑ Find A Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com : accessed 28 January 2019), memorial page for Katarina Bertha “Bertha” DeTurk Keim (1688–1731), citing Schneider Family Cemetery, Oley, Berks County, Pennsylvania, USA ; Maintained by Deb (contributor 46917866) .

• The Family 1 of Ada RoseComer," by Ida DeMay Wilson, 1985, St. Helena, CA,
• American Ancestry: Giving the Name and Descent, in the Male line, of the Americans Whose Ancestors settled in the United States Previous to the Declaration of Independence," Vol. VII, published 1893, page 222